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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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